Iceland is the only country in Europe still running blood farms 🐴 🩸 Pregnant mares are bled for the hormone PMSG, causing immense suffering — despite safe alternatives. We call on Iceland to end this cruel practice once and for all ⤵️ www.eurogroupforanimals.org/files/eurogr...

On this #EuropeanDayForHumaneScience, let’s celebrate the positive advances in science. ✊❤️ 📈 #NonAnimal methods on the rise ❌ Outdated tests banned 👍 New EU & national strategies Here’s a round-up of good news showing that science is moving forward ⤵️

📢 Have your say! Today the @ec.europa.eu launched a new public consultation on the revision of animal welfare legislation. This is your opportunity to speak up for millions of farm animals! Find the public consultation here ⤵️ www.eurogroupforanimals.org/news/public-...

🫀 The @ec.europa.eu JRC has launched a review of models & methods in cardiovascular research. 💡 Goal: improve outcomes, reduce animal use & promote humane, human-relevant science. 🚨 Submit evidence by 31 Dec 2025 ⤵️ bit.ly/3K3CvGd

#ECIs are the only tool for EU citizens to participate in the democratic process. Yet, none of the successful ones on animal welfare has been followed through! ❌ It is time to deliver and move #ForwardforAnimals: app.activoice.org/campaign/for... @ec.europa.eu

💔 Every year, over 1,600 monkeys are used in cruel experiments. These animals spend years in captivity, suffering unimaginable pain. 🙌 Together with PETA Germany, @keintierversuch.bsky.social has launched a 🆕 petition. ✍️ Add your voice ⤵️ bit.ly/3K8Uye3

Today la @spaofficiel.bsky.social hosts an important event on animal abandonment in France. 🐱🐶🇫🇷 🤔 Who are the abandoned animals? Why does it happen? What are the causes & motives? Thank you to la @spaofficiel.bsky.social for tackling this crucial issue at its root.

❤️🦘 Flanders is taking a stand for animal welfare by moving to ban kangaroo meat & leather. 💔 Every year, joeys die when their mothers are shot. Ending this cruel trade matters, now it’s time for the EU to follow suit. Read more ⤵️ bit.ly/4nA5NdT

Chemo, vaccines, diabetes,... Medical research has long relied on #animaltesting. 🤔 But is it still justified? Our colleague Luisa Bastos explains why shifting to humane, #nonanimal methods is crucial for ethical reasons & scientific accuracy. ⤵️ bit.ly/4mnuQjo

⛓️❌ Six years ago, 1.4 million voices demanded to #EndTheCageAge. Now, those voices are needed to speak up again. Help us and @ciwf.eu ensure the @ec.europa.eu hears #OurVoices! Learn more and take part here 👉 bit.ly/4n8NjBo

Well done, Slovenia! 👏 🇸🇮 The country has introduced several new rules to protect animals into its Animal Protection Act, including a ban on cages, setting a strong example that we hope the EU will follow. www.eurogroupforanimals.org/news/sloveni...

🇪🇺👎 Today the EU celebrates #InternationalDayofDemocracy... yet it continues to leave citizens' demands unheard. Join us in reminding them that we have had enough empty promises; it is time to deliver and move #ForwardforAnimals: app.activoice.org/campaign/for...

This #InternationalDayofDemocracy, let's remind EU institutions of their responsibility towards 🇪🇺 citizens. Millions have been calling for decades for higher #AnimalWelfare standards. 📢 It is time to deliver and move #ForwardforAnimals: app.activoice.org/campaign/for...

Happy to meet up with Animal Equality UK, Animal Law Italia and others at the CARE Conference 2025 in Warsaw! 🐟🐙 Here we joined the Aquatic Meet Up, aligning and strategising on the next big challenges for aquatic animals 💪 #Care2025 #BecauseWeCARE

''Factory farming is the greatest moral crisis we ignore''. Powerful words by Lewis Bollard from Open Philanthropy on how public pressure and technology can uncover the suffering of animals on factory farms and drive the industry to reform. 👏 💡 www.ted.com/talks/lewis_...

We are thrilled to welcome Beyond Cruelty Foundation to our network! 😍 Based in Switzerland, Beyond Cruelty is dedicated to creating a world where animals are no longer exploited by humans. Learn more about their work: beyondcruelty.org We look forward to working together! ❤️

❤️🧠👏 Let’s speed up the transition to non-animal science in the EU with innovations like this: 3D-bioprinted brain cell models, paving the way for safer, ethical research without animals. Read more ⤵️ bit.ly/4gpkuya

Today, with @efsa.europa.eu, FVE & @elainsuojelu.bsky.social, we discussed the scientific case against #fur farming. The verdict: in NO way can #animalwelfare be ensured in fur farms. @ec.europa.eu has until March to respond to 1.5+ million Europeans calling for a #FurFreeEurope.

🐟 Aquaculture is growing fast but our understanding of farmed aquatic animals is lagging behind, meaning billions of fish & other species are raised without species‐specific welfare protections. bit.ly/46hDl9w Time to close the gap & protect aquatic animal welfare under EU law. #ForwardForAnimals

Every autumn, millions of migratory birds cross our skies on an epic journey south. ❤️ Instead of giving them respite, the French govt has handed hunters a licence to kill, even for species in steep decline. 😔 👎 Tradition is no excuse for cruelty. ⤵️ bit.ly/3VI6vcZ

🇧🇷 Brazilian MP @proflucavalcante.bsky.social urges the European Parliament to reject the EU-Mercosur trade deal ⚠️ — warning it ignores animal welfare. She calls on the EU to use this historic opportunity to raise standards in Brazil and across Mercosur. #StopEUMercosur

#SOTEU2025: for the first time a mention of animal welfare is in the @ec.europa.eu’s letter of intent 👏 Despite not being mentioned during the speech, AW is outlined among the flagship initiatives for the year to come, setting an important precedent! www.eurogroupforanimals.org/news/renewed...

🔔 Tomorrow: the Animal Welfare Intergroup session on #fur! Tune in at 9 AM CEST for a discussion on the scientific case against fur farming. Among the speakers: @efsa.europa.eu, @elainsuojelu.bsky.social, and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe. Tune in online: youtube.com/live/xRtOndx...

We're thrilled to welcome a new member to our network 💫 World Animal Justice's mission is to advance legal justice for animals worldwide 👏 More about their work: worldanimaljustice.org/projects/#Eu... We look forward to working together to ensure stronger protection for animals in the EU & beyond!

Where is the EU’s Sustainable Food Systems Law? 🫥 The @ombudsman.europa.eu has launched an official enquiry into the @ec.europa.eu’s missing #SFSF law, a law that was promised for end of 2023, then quietly dropped from the 2024 WP without explanation. 👻 www.eurogroupforanimals.org/news/europea...

A win in Brazil 🇧🇷: NGOs can hold JBS to account for climate & animal welfare abuses. Well done @animalprotection.bsky.social! Important for the EU too — JBS is one of the top two Brazilian exporters of chicken meat to our market. #StopCruelImports #StopEUMercosur

❌🐷 Unacceptable: this is how the conditions in which pigs are raised in Denmark have been assessed! The Danish Council on Animal Ethics has just published a report criticising the conditions to which pigs are farmed 👇 www.eurogroupforanimals.org/news/denmark...

👎 Yesterday, the @europarl.europa.eu Agriculture Committee voted to ban the use of terms such as “burger”, “sausage” and “steak” for #PlantBased foods. "[This vote] goes against the EU’s targets to promote innovation, reduce red tape, and increase food security" 👇 bit.ly/4paFNHL

Congratulations to our member @onekind.org for this INCREDIBLE milestone! 😍 👏 The Scottish Government has confirmed it backs the Bill that would ban greyhound racing in Scotland. We are thrilled about this major step forward for greyhounds 💙 #UnboundTheGreyhound www.onekind.org/blog/scottis...

#SaveTheDate! Join us this Thursday at 9 AM CEST for a debate on the ''scientific case against fur farming'' 🎤 Among the participants: @efsa.europa.eu, @elainsuojelu.bsky.social, and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe. www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/calendar/sci...

Nature needs your help NOW 🚨: handsoffnature.eu Across Europe, our wildlife is vanishing, our forests are thinning, and our rivers are drying. Now the European Commission wants to weaken the very laws that protect them. It’s our nature, our home, our future, our right. #HandsOffNature

✍️ Have you registered yet? 🌿 Join @gfgf-europe.bsky.social in calling for #FoodJustice through its European Days of Action initiative! We deserve sustainable, secure food systems with higher #AnimalWelfare at their core. 👇

"Between those two slices lies not just taste & convenience, but a chance to choose compassion, quality & sustainability – making every bite a reflection of our values." 🥪 Our President @philip-ciwf.bsky.social 's new opinion piece on @scotsman.com 👇 www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Our member @ciwf.eu just launched a new campaign as part of the #EndTheCageAge movement. 🔥 The campaign calls on citizens to send a clear message to the @ec.europa.eu: it is time to ban cages in the EU! Learn more: action.ciwf.org.uk/page/176344/...

⚡ Ready to rethink the rules? On 11 Sept at 17:50 CET, our colleague Camilla joins the European Vegan Summit #EVS2025 panel “Let’s change the game: time for healthy competition”, hosted by Green Rev Institute. Be part of the conversation 👉 vegansummit.eu

👎 Despite a dedicated chapter on animal welfare, the European Commission has missed yet another opportunity to condition preferential imports to EU welfare standards with the EU-Mexico trade deal. Europe must #StopCruelImports Read our briefing bit.ly/3D7ygWL

If policy-makers won't listen to the voices of the animals, we must make sure they listen to ours. 📢 Over 8,300 emails have been sent to MEPs from citizens, calling on them to step up and do their part to protect #AnimalWelfare during live transport. 🐄 Join the action: bit.ly/4e2qqvw

👎🇩🇪 The #wolf is Germany’s best-monitored wild animal. Experts found its status “unfavourable” in most regions, yet Berlin told Brussels it was “unknown”. A political trick to clear the way for hunting a strictly protected species. 🐺 bit.ly/4n7Hofj

❌The EU-Mercosur deal grants sweeping access to imports of animal products from cruel farming systems, undermining Europe’s sustainable food system ambitions. 📢Member States: withhold ratification until EU welfare standards apply to all imports! #StopEUMercosur #StopCruelImports bit.ly/4g2nVug

Next week at the European Vegan Summit #EVS2025 (9–11 Sept), hosted by Green Rev Institute: Our colleague Daniel joins the panel “EU-Mercosur – a treaty against justice” on 10 Sept, 16:00 CET. #StopEUMercosur Don’t miss it!🔗 vegansummit.eu

⏰ LAST CHANCE to sign up to attend a FREE #policy webinar on September 5! In this webinar, we'll look at key findings from the aWISH Project on #AnimalWelfare indicators, and how these can support the implementation of minimum welfare standards at EU policy level. ✍️ Register: shorturl.at/0vwhd

🐄 55 cows have been slaughtered at a Turkish border after arriving from Poland due to bluetongue-related concerns. Though the Polish authorities confirmed the animals came from outside restricted areas, a difference in zoning interpretations left the animals in limbo before facing a tragic end.

🚫🎇 Big win for animals: The Netherlands bans private fireworks after years of pressure from advocates. 💔 Every NYE, countless animals suffer from stress & panic. ✊ Time for other countries to follow. ⤵️ bit.ly/3HMkZW5

Families & kids invited to beat fish to death for fun 😡 Animal Equality UK released disturbing footage from a fish farm in the UK, where visitors kill fish for entertainment: animalequality.org.uk/news/2025/08... Fish deserve protection! Yet, legislation to protect them is far from adequate. 💔 🐟

🐵 It’s #InternationalPrimateDay, a day to reflect on the lives of primates used in biomedical & pharma research. These intelligent, social beings endure immense suffering in labs. But science doesn’t have to be this way. Let’s build a future where progress doesn’t come at the expense of animals.

⏳ Just 10 days left to speak up for nature! The @ec.europa.eu wants to roll back vital environmental protections & they’re asking for your opinion. Tell them loud and clear to keep their #HandsOffNature 🙅 Send your message here ⤵️ handsoffnature.eu

🚨 Join thousands of citizens in calling for improved #AnimalWelfare measures during transport! Send our auto-generated email to MEPs, telling them you expect them to prioritise animal wellbeing in the ongoing revision to the EU's #LiveTransport laws. It takes just a few clicks 👉 bit.ly/4e2qqvw

Whether you’re in Scotland or anywhere in the world, you can help end greyhound racing. ✊ We’re just 130 emails away from 8,000 showing strong public support for a ban on this cruel "sport". 📨 Take action with @onekind.org and send your message now ⤵️

⏰ Time is running out! Factory farming causes animal suffering, accelerates climate change and increases the risk of future pandemics – and we’re running out of time to turn things around. Sign @ciwf.org's petition to #EndIt & #EndFactoryFarming: ciwf.end.it/sign/

In the EU, there are over 22,000 industrial chicken and pig farms! 🤯 So much for the promise of sustainable agriculture! And who's paying the price? 🐷 Animals, confined by the millions 🧑‍🌾 Small-medium farmers, forced to close their business 😷 Public health Time to change our food system!